The Government’s new green paper shields regional areas from the initial financial blows of reducing carbon emissions, allowing them time to prepare for the future – an opportunity that should be grasped with both hands, believes Barney Foran.

Acidification isn't limited to the tropics, we need to better understand the damage that is being done to cooler ocean ecosystems and how it may affect both marine and human communities, believes Bruce Mapstone.

Genetically engineered crops now being grown represent a massive uncontrolled experiment whose outcome is inherently unpredictable, argues Evaggelos Vallianatos.

Australian governments have supported medical research for some time now and in a few areas we do have a worldwide reputation for ‘punching above our weight’, writes Carrie Hillyard.

Forget forecasts of global warmth, ocean pH levels are the thing to watch, believes Steven Watkinson.

Developments in pre-clinical manufacture and scale-up, pre-clinical and toxicology testing, and in the design and running of clinical trials, mean the main gaps have been filled in Australia’s development chain for new biopharmaceuticals, writes Peter Gray.

The most critical problem we now confront is how to provide enough affordable fuel to avoid severe recession before alternative energy can become reality, argues Walter Starck.

Energy consumers and producers alike bear moral and environmental responsibilities and cannot neglect future generations, believes Chandran Nair.

Professor Mike Young and Fiona McKenzie comment on the 3 July 2008 Council of Australian Governments (COAG) water agreement.

Professor Rick Shine writes on new developments in the fight against cane toads.